Nick @ The Linux ExperimentNov 17, 2022

For the first time (that I noticed) on the channel, #Mastodon brought a video more views than Twitter. And no, it wasn’t the video about the fediverse, it was the latest #Linux news video.

Both are really small compared to what Google search brings, but still, it’s kinda cool. And my Twitter following is way bigger, so it’s doubly cool.

Show threadMeinMeisterNov 17, 2022
@thelinuxEXP GoogleSearch? Really?
Are these people who know the channel and shedule already, or new people googling recent topics and youtube suggests your news-videos?
Can you see whether they are followers or not?
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentNov 17, 2022
@MeinMeister I can’t see that kind of data, but out of external sources for YouTube videos, Google search is 92% for that video (it’s generally around that). They’re search results that returned the video directly :)
Show threadMeinMeisterNov 17, 2022

@thelinuxEXP
and the percentage of views coming from external sources is quite low I imagine?
So:
most views -> internal Youtube
most views from external sources -> google

?

Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentNov 17, 2022
@MeinMeister About 5% of the views for that video, so yeah, not super high. The biggest source is YouTube recommendations, generally!
Show threadMeinMeister

@thelinuxEXP
Interesting. So ~3.700 out of ~80.000 views coming from google.
More than I expected it to be, but that 5% puts it in a better spot. Would be really surprised if external views would be higher than internal. Even though a news video grabs more of them than other content I can imagine.
On another note though: I am not a content creator at all and have no such insights.
Thanks four yours!

Thanks for sharing these insights 😃

Nov 17, 2022 at 8:58amWeb
Show threaddieTasse has movedNov 17, 2022
@MeinMeister @thelinuxEXP Hey this info is interesting to me too. Thanks for asking these questions 😀